Madeleine Albright Quotes

We have every reason to put our trust in NATO and in transatlantic cooperation.

We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a part of Europe.

We will continue to be a big contributor to NATO and our interests will be more secure.

We'll uphold our treaty obligations, including the mutual defense agreement that is NATO.

We created NATO. It was a United States invention for the collective security of Europe. It has been a Russian desire since 1947 to break up NATO.

We also have a real opportunity to join NATO.

NATO was built to counteract the Soviet Union in its day and time. At this point there is no threat coming from the Soviet Union, because there is no Soviet Union anymore. And where there was the Soviet Union once, there is now a number of countries, among them the new and democratic Russia.

NATO is the most important military alliance in world history.

The Hungarian people voted for NATO membership. We are active in the joint actions of NATO.

America is the one that has led the effort to strengthen NATO and strengthen the front-line states against Russia's pressures.

I think NATO is a Cold War product. I think NATO historically should have shut up shop in 1990 along with the Warsaw Pact; unfortunately, it didn't.

For Poland, the United States is the most important ally.

Turkey's a NATO member. If Turkey gets attacked, we have to help defend Turkey.

For the United States to be a global leader, we have to have a very tight relationship with Europe. And we've held that relationship since 1949 when we established the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO. NATO is the bond. It's a security bond.

NATO was constructed on the - with the reason, whether one believes it or not, that it was going to defend Western Europe from Russian assault. Once the Berlin Wall fell and the Soviet Union was beginning to collapse, that reason was gone. So, first question: why does NATO exist?

NATO remains the cornerstone of Atlantic security.

The United States, obviously, has a great interest in helping to maintain peace and security in Europe, and we have a formal alliance, NATO, to do so.

When you think about the defence of England you no longer think of the chalk cliffs of Dover. You think of the Rhine. That is where our frontier lies today.

The only thing wrong with NATO is that we don't belong to it.

The United States’ alliances have provided its partners in Europe and Asia with such a high level of insurance that they have outsourced their defense to Washington.

NATO is indispensable to America's national security.

I will protect and defend France's vital interests. I will protect and defend Europe.

There is a need for the European Union to use all potential we have on defense cooperation.

NATO is built on security, but it's also built on values.

I think NATO needs to be looked at.